Update: German politician left seriously injured following attack | DW News
A leading politician from Germany's Social Democrats has been attacked while campaigning in the eastern city of Dresden.
Matthias Ecke is a candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left SPD. He was attacked while putting up campaign posters. Party officials say Ecke was seriously injured and required surgery. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned the attack as a threat to democracy.
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0:00 The attack in Dresden
1:18 Johannes Kiess, Extremism and democracy expert, University of Leipzig
4:56 Alex Gerst, DW Political Correspondent
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Democracy has to stand strong.
Sure sure, when a politician is attacked its an "attack against democracy". But how come we never say that kind of thing when its the voters who are being insulted, harassed, threatened, or beaten for their political views?
cringe
It seems like there is a problem with extremism in general in germany. whoever lives here and observes can feel it...
You can feel everywhere, over across the pond. Yup, theirs been something off for 14 months is the feeling in the air, atmosphere, not sure how to say it but feel it from the earth its self. Something shifted.. idk how to explain but it's off tiltered
@@ravenstone366 you are not wrong.
Extremism has little meaning as such as it simply denotes how far an opinion diverges from the center at a certain time. At times women and gay rights activists, people advocating for general suffrage and even those calling for the complete abolition of slavery were considered extremists. When it comes to political violence, Germany has seen tougher times. Especially the hard left became comparatively tame, there are no active terrorist groups anymore and violence in the streets has abetted. However, there is a hardly quantifiable potential for violence by lone actors, as well as new movements with comparatively lose ideological alignments. Both on the right, for example by the bizarre Reichsbürgermovement and the Incel internet phenomenon, as well as from the antiimperialist movement on the left, although I'm not sure to which degree they are buying into classical leftist ideals of economic equality. And of course there is political Islam, or Islamism as we call it - that becomes more and more visible, but is still of comparatively little effect when it comes to real violence.
@@ravenstone366it's called late stage capitalism/imperialism
religion of piece in work
germany has seen this before, it was before a certain austrian came to power
Yawn
Archduke Ferdinand? 😉
@@fandyllic1975 Nah Cristopher Waltz
Far right in Germany are supported by putin's ruSSia.
@@theendmyfriend I don’t know if Hungary counts as all of the EU
Violence is never an answer but why you guys don’t look why people are so extremely unhappy with our politicians and leaders ????
Germany needs to make sure this isn’t seeded by Russia.
Putin lives under your bed.
Yes u were seeded by Russia🇷🇺.
My first thought
🇷🇺 😱
Then Russia needs to make sure Crocus was not seeded by West. Which they did
no mention of detaining or identifying the attackers?
they identified them and set them free because they are underaged
They need to get this under control. From right-wing extremism to foreign involvement by Russia and other countries.
These are just poor excuses for the bad governance 🚦 that provokes violence.
@@raisonneur682 these are poor excuses of people who do not want to take responsibility of their own hatred and anxiety blaming it on a government. No government is perfect, a democratic government has lots of room for anybody to improve its functioning.
Don't get on the Russian bandwagon ... It looks more domestic/homegrown to me than a Russian plot.
For God sake, if Russia would not exist, who would you blame for all German problems?
Everybody knows Germany follows orders from the usa
Hopefully the vast majority of voters will be outraged by this sort of behaviour and refrain from voting for any party which endorse or encourage such attacks.
So we all have to vote for AfD now? They got attacked too but there was no outrage. Which is exactly why I cant feel bad for SPD now. They did not feel bad for AfD too.
@@raphaell4808 You mean the staged attack of Chrupalla? He wasn't injured at all. He said he was poisoned but they found no poison in his blood. The senior prosecutor said there was no indication of an attack.
@@schabau94He said something was used on him. The substance was meant to cause an immediate allergic reaction.
The people can only be pushed so far before they push back
How do we remain a well functioning Democracy and also put a stop to the attacks on our Democracy? The Autocrats and Dictators (and would be Dictators) don't have to deal with that problem. They just have to tell the citizens of our Democracy that the government in charge is failing them and failing to protect them.
yep cos they can just shut down everything they dont like
Scholz made a lot Putin's game in delaying as much as he could the help for Ukrayne . Fact .
yep feels like he's bought by Putin, well he had ties to Russian secret service and supported them
Prayers for Germany 🇩🇪 love from Canada 🇨🇦
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If Trudeau doesn't resign, similar thing will happen in Canada too.
Canada needs more prayers, because the lunatic is in power.
Peace❤❤ Question have you all had a influx of migration?? Just seems everything past five years it's completely outta of control in many countries.. If feel li,e we been thrown under the bus.. Good luck Germany, we all going to need it and no Overlords seem to care to listen...
Eastern part of Germany, former russian occupied sector, is deeply influenced by their russian influence of thinking.
So is the western part with the American sector
Or you could say East Germany was not influenced by the Western multicultural ideology , from which East Germany was protected from by the iron curtain .
Blimey who woke up Scholz ?
How long can politicians stand by hate of German people ?😢
Johannes Kiess forgot it’s not only a lack of law enforcement officers in saxony, the problem is also the high number of LEOs who straight up sympathize with far right extremists which gives the latter free reign to intimidate and beat up who they please.
How about US attacks on your economy and energy supplies ? German economy has been devastated. Being an enemy of the US is dangerous but being a friend is fatal .
That's terrible
dresden has a lot of nazies sadly :(
Berlin has a lot of terrorist sadly 😥
@@SkankHunt-iz1nl mediocre draw
@@SkankHunt-iz1nlNazis are terrorists though, so I’m not sure what point you think you’re making.
It's from the former German speaking former Russian satellite 'GDR'. Duh
Far right in Germany are supported by putin's ruSSia.
Islamists screaming for a Calihate in Germany, that"s a bigger threat
Sharia law will solve the gender pay gap, no women workers means no disparity between men and women workers pay
Where does Sharia law say that women do not have the right to work?! where is your evidence?!
@@mb9662 this is satire right?
That doesn't justify violence
@@mb9662 😎😎😆😆
Why so much Saxon Violence..?
ask russia.
Oh I don't know.. maybe because the left is taking our homes and our future away from us all over again? They have ruined Europe.
Afd..for sure @@jankowalyk7301
@@jankowalyk7301I'm sure the Russians will tell you what's wrong with us. Maybe not you.
becouse of calimite change
This is Russian influence again.
I'm surprised that no one has blamed China or Russia yet....
Why? We all know already that those 2 countries fuel the hate in todays world.
I mean they do support the AFD, funding them
this is internal
He might have been attacked for not being far left enough. It happens.
It stinks of Russia
you see russia in your soup
@@frankrenda2519whatever Ivan
@@frankrenda2519Nato lives rent free in Poo-tin's mind..
he says that but the 4 attackers are again set free
Has someone been caught and identified as being far right or are they surmising? "could be linked to" doesn't warrant blaming the right.
Politicians are so deliberately behind the curve, coming out with stuff everyone else knew long before, it's pitiful.
And it is people from the same political spectrum who are constantly complaining that the streets are supposedly no longer safe (because of immigrants). These incidents show who the real threat is.
That is the dog whistle they use to distract from their own agenda.
Was hat deine sicherheit mehr beeinflusst?
@@Alos-yt2it Well, I've been verbally threatened twice by right-wing extremists and not once by an immigrant.
@@yasminesteinbauer8565I've been attacked by a group of around 6 young right wing men for wearing a mask a few years back. One of them kicked me in the back, when I was off my balance two of them grabbed me by the arms and another one went for my face and stole my mask. They run off while taunting me, as if I could've done anything against such a large group. Never before or after was I physically attacked on the streets.
@@Xtremshow you know they were right wing 🤣 have you asked them?
Either Russia or Israel to take the attention off their wars.
99.9 % of people never heard of this guy before.!! Why attack a political nonentity..?? 😂
2:39 its the bread and butter topic of both extremes left and right
Captain Hindsight talking about an attack on democracy...
0:30 attacked with what?
Nowadays, human rights, right to speak, freedom of democracy, and freedom to demonstration are often misused. Liberty is overflowing.
A few days ago you had your citizens asking for a caliphate. Might be something to focus on.
Germany's gone bonkers? They need to wake up. They need to understand that peaceful ruzzia is totally loving them... Ruzzia always ends wars and never starts them... BMW and Audi is okay though..
haha, sadly some people think that
This thing with the "far right extremism" has became o joke
When citizens complain that they don't feel safe that's not a problem is democracy when happens to them is a problem 😅😅😅 you high horses should live with the general population
I have no idea how messed up politics are in Germany. But politics in the US are messed up so much that we dislike all candidates, regardless of political party, and most people would probably celebrate this.
Another US citizen here: totally wrong. Plenty of support for anti-Trump candidates and President Biden as well. It’s right wingers who say they hate all the candidates.
@user-wk1mw9nj3i76 Litterally about as left as they come. I'd vote Lenin in power if I could, but okay. Never met a Democrat who liked Biden. As, if this were 20 years ago, Biden would be solidly a Republican.
Misinformation, if the attack hasn’t been deemed politically motivated? Why are u saying it’s far right?
They say that according to the reports by eye-witnesses, it seems likely that the attackers were far right extremists. Plus, a member of the Green Party has been attacked a few days ago, probably by the same suspects, but it still needs to be confirmed. TBH I would not be surprised. Anyway, saying “it seems likely” is NOT misinformation.
I think it's not good to quick to jump to conclusions, but if there's only one group engaging in attacks and it's targeting opponents of the far right...
SPD attacked by SPD - is this more likely? If you don´t know Germany - listen and learn.
@@derJackistweg no it is not more likely
@@mellowInventor there has been an increase of attacks from the far right, specifically against politicians in small towns. Many of them are not even full time politicians and receive minimum pay for their job as representatives, most of them work full time jobs elsewhere, and many are so afraid after being targeted that they withdraw from communal politics, leaving the playing field to right wing candidates. The amount of attacks in remote regions has lead experts to conclude that these attacks are a coordinated effort to undermine democracy. Yes, some leftist extremists also attacked politicians on the far right but way less. In addition the motivation is also speaking for itself - right wingers specifically attack and weaken democracy. Right wingers are way better funded and way more organized. Left wingers attack the far right because they are afraid that the right wingers will destroy democracy. Obviously that’s not an excuse for violence.
Together won't help, you're still the minority
Very bad. Extremism should be condemned!
All this Things happen in this Times because the humans beeing from go away from God😑 Less fraternity,less love... Each for himself,populism etc.... Unfortunately😒...
If this happened in India then DW news would say 'Threat to Democracy in Modis India'. But if its Germany then its far right's problem 😂
Isnt Modi far right?
@@mb9662didn't Germany is far right country
The thumbnail literally says that, can't you read?
@@mb9662Agreed, I don't like populism in any form (racially, religiously etc) not only that, when the far right is in power, it has the tendency to suppress free speech. but for some reason, I am very curious about Germany's AfD. Because there are discrepancies from what the media is portraying this party to be.
Modi and the PjP is a threat to India's democracy or what is left of it. 😂
A number AFD politicians have been attacked in western regions of Germany and now a social democrat politician was attacked in the East. It seem like there's an uno reverse wall in Germany. Instead of the east being socialist aligned they embrace a right wing party and the western regions embrace social democrats. It's quite fascinating tbh.
@BlueredCatalan There's speculation that affirmation of far right policies is a reaction to eastern Germany's former so-called socialist government. The fact that it differs from Social Democrat policies and Western socialism (as in Scandinavia) doesn't seem to register.
Rightist areas in Germany stayed the same after WWII. Leopards never change their spots.
Germany is so fortunate to not be experiencing Communist or Jihadi terrorism. Lately.
1:16 the outrageous bias of DW‘s reporting 😂
Finden, einbuchten für Jahre.
Don't mention the war! 😅
How said the Dutch are anti Queer..
People are unhappy with SPD, they have suffered. This has nothing to do with right wing, just frustrated people.
Before the unification of Germany, there should have been “ deprogramming of fascist groups be that right or left ideologies “ and introductions of civic education: rights and responsibilities of democratic society….
gericht Nummer zwei ist Olaf, der im Kondom gebraten wird
Ost Ost Ostdeutschland!
Wir stehen zusammen😀 was?
The world hates politicians,you stand by your own actions.
I'm anti violence but Olaf Scholz saying something is undemocratic is a joke, which bank payed him to say that? Or was it one of his wirecard buddies? If you are a politician for sale you are not democratic
"I'm anti violence BUT..." Come on... right after your BUT your position against violence does not has any value anymore. No matter which politician this is about, violence has no place. There is no "BUT".
Far right in Germany are supported by putin's ruSSia.
@@RuLeZ1988 you didn't read or understand so you just seem weird. Arguing against something I never said. If you think the word "but" always negates whatever came before you need to get back to school. I constructed a sentence that is normal and you raged and proved you didn't understand a single thing I said. or are you raging because you love corruption and corrupt politicians and me calling them out hurt your corrupt little feelings?
@@lootjunior Oh dear...how hypocritical is that ... A politician gets beaten up...and all you come up with is corruption.. how poor is that !!
@@saba1030 lol do you even know what hypocritical means? clearly not
Scholtz is a clown 🤡
That's wild that Germany supports right wing violence in Israel but condemns right wing violence in Germany
However, the U.S. bombing of the pipeline seems to have been largely overlooked.
Perception of "Russian" root of the problem is more nuanced. American involvement in Ukraine can't be underestimated. Nordstream, blank check aid from your country; already in financial distress- Rx for disaster.
Also Scholz "yeah but oh no eek can't send Tauruses , it will escalate and give Russia a sad. Eeek"
eh these sorts of things happen in every country😮...in some more than others...many guys think they can solve problems by just attacking the person they think is to blame....look around us people would rather destroy than preserve....democracy is basically the prevalence of the community but this very community sells quality of life for something they consider more valuable...for people always someone else is to blame they never see their self in the mirror....stand up for unity stand up for justice stand up for quality dont be animals😮
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Um. Uh. Um. Uh. What is with the new stuttering? You know, another one. Turns me off. Its not real stuttering.
Agreed! Um ah um ah - the last guy was a little more articulate. And the anchor.
It is a simple way for politicians to protect themselves- work for the better of your constituents, not for foreign driven agendas. But then again, there foreign/ private promoters may attack politicians that do not submit to their plans. We need to know the reasons why
But hypocritical and lie are totally acceptable
Was it the far right or the sand people though? I like how the latter is never in the conversation :)
A bunch of people around the world are being threatened by people as are visiting team fans in Montgomery Al for minor league baseball games associated with religious cults
Make sure you don't upset putin😅
Were they wearing Brown Shirts ?
Hé oui, pour papy olaf, l’heure de la cage à medrano est venue.attention au lumbago, old man.René .
FREEY GERMANIYA FROM ZAYONISTISE OKUPASION FREEY GERMANIYA FROM ZAYONISTEN 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉✊☝
Im sorry but politicians does not equal democracy. Democracy is the will of the people and not the interest of the elites.
Can you prove it’s a “far right extremist”? A lot of these instances seem very thin on evidence
Taurus Taurus Taurus
Really? How about: Don't invite a bull into the China shop if you value the merchandise. And: the Japanese are not attacking. Both outgrowths of your oft-repeated rallying cry.
Marisa's personal obsession for war... 🙃
No mention of the Reichsbuerger Movement?
I thought they arrested all those people?
No mention of the calls for Sharia law or a caliphate either.
I commented months back that being a politician would become one of the most dangerous jobs simply because people look at politicians and see them as nothing more than self serving trough feeders who don't do what they promise and do the complete opposite of what the people want so they get no sympathy from me
Humans do learn efficiently from history. We each think we are so special. 😢
Does this act lower the democracy ranking of germany by the so callled ranking makers,Or the focus is only on india.
Weeeel
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ukraine peace talks, elections political violence
This fascist couldn't describe democracy even if you asked him to write it down.
Take a shot everytime bro said "extreme right"
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Wot? Trump got to him?
Did he support ukraine? maybe thats why
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The Right Wing of Germany is despicable...
This sounds like more liberal propoganda. The world is sick of these rediculous policies
Berlin is a safe city. it is nit like New york.
which parties in Germany are only right and not extreme right ? can somebody educate me on this ?
cdu/csu is centre right!
It's hard to believe Germany has any real far right party. Wanting to resuce immigration alone is not far right .
AFD is Right to extreme right. But AfD is only party which has some goals which were normal 10 years ago.
@@1mnyenaphar727 🤔 no, right from centre right. SPD is centre right.
Difficult, since greens have become olivgreens and lunatic !
Is any criticism of immigration allowed ?
That the AfD is allowed to exist, meet, get voted into positions of office, is clearly allowed, no? If by 'criticism' you mean to hospitalise a politician with opposing views, then no, it's not allowed actually.
@@adamaenosh6728 No. Thats not what he meant and you know it.
@@petercollingwood522 I'm not sure why he would make that comment on a video like this, so no I don't know it at all
@@adamaenosh6728were you as upset when AfD politicians were beaten? Or are they second class humans?
@adamaenosh6728 when you make peaceful revolution impossible, you know how it goes. If you are critical of immigration in ANY way you are labeled blah blah blah, so this is the consequence when you improperly label people as radicals when all they want is a safe God damn community to live in.
Well what do you expect.When GERMAN POLITICiANS are more worried about UKRAINE and ISRAEL rather than the GERMANS and follow AMERICAN interest rather than GERMAN. this is what you get.the AMERICANS just grabbed the GERMANS by the ball and blew NORD STREAM and the GERMANS couldn't even scream.🤣
Threat to what democracy?
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Which political party has messed up Germany?
Which parties made deals with Russia? AfD and CDU
@@Thor.Jorgensen which leftwing Chancelor is a good friend of Putin? Right.. Gerhard Schröder xD
@@88lightwarrior He was a good friend of Boris Yeltsin, not Putin. Gerhard Schröder left office in 2005. Germany was in good condition in 2005 and prior. It was the CDU government who signed the bill for the construction of Nordstream 2 and full reliance on Russian gas, arguing that free market capitalism paved the way to peace with Russia. Clearly, they were wrong.
@@Thor.Jorgensen What's wrong with Russia?
@@Robert-uy1gd With Russia? Nothing. Russia is a lovely country and wonderful people who make great and loyal friends. The problem is with the Russian government. The problem is with the 110 Russian governmental officials who own more than 30% of all the wealth in the country. I believe these funds belong to the people. And that the people should have the freedom to speak their minds without going to jail for it.
Blauhemden.